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NOTE:  This page is owned and maintained by Bill Etter.  It is spradically updated and should always be considered "under construction" to some degree.

Unix/Linux Installation
Services Backups
Storage
Monitoring
Scripting Database
Applications
Sysadmin/Architecture
Misc
Resume

Unix/Linux
Unix Tips
Not vendor specific
Advanced Unix Tips AWK, SED and XARGS
AIX Tips
HP-UX Tips
Linux Tips Primarily Redhat
Solaris Tips
Unix Health Check
Procedure for checking the health of unix systems to find performance problems
Unix Copy
Checklist for performing a successful unix filesystem copy
AIX Troubleshooting
Procedure for isolating problems in AIX
HP-UX Troubleshooting
Tips for isolating problems in HP-UX

Installation
Clone Checklist for manually cloning a unix server configuration
Install
HP-UX Install
Linux Installation
Solaris Installation


Services
DNS
NFS

NIS
NTP

Samba

Smtp


Backup/Data Recovery
HP Omniback/Dataprotector Tips

Veritas Backup Exec Tips
Veritas Netbackup Tips

Storage Management
AIX LVM
HP-UX LVM
Using scripts with HP-UX LVM

Solaris-LVM

StorageTEK Santricity

Veritas Volume Manager

Veritas Cluster Server


Monitoring
Log Analysis

MRTG

Nagios




Scripting - UNIX Shell, Perl, PHP and HTML
Unix Shell Scripting Tips

PERL Tips
System Administration Shell Script This article describes how to write a unix shell script which automates the process of system administration. Techniques are presented that show how to create a shell script that will check for specific conditions that are of concern to a system adminstrator.
System Administration PERL Script This article is a followup to the unix shell script for system administration. It shows the power of the PERL programming language by converting the unix shell script for system administration to PERL.
HTML Tips
System Administration CGI Script
TCL Tips



Database/DBA
Oracle Tips

SQL Tips



Applications Support
Apache Tips

Tomcat Tips

Weblogic Tips




System Administration/Architecture
RCS Tips
Revision Control System
CVS Tips
Concurrent Versions System


Miscellaneous Stuff  This is a collection of older material that I am still keeping around (for now).
Intro to Binary This html file contains introductory information about binary, hexadecimal and ascii. It contains an easy to use system to manually convert from binary to decimal and from decimal to binary. This information often shows up on the Comptia A+ exams. This information is also required for properly understanding more complex networking topics involving TCP/IP and subnet masks.
Intel CPUs This html file contains a brief survey of CPUs from the 8088/8086 to the latest offerings from Intel and AMD. This information often shows up on the Comptia A+ exams, but it is also likely that the PC Support Technician will see many of these CPUs in the field.
Memory This html file contains a brief survey of memory types and their packaging. This information often shows up on the Comptia A+ exams, but it is also likely that the PC Support Technician will need to understand and work these technologies in the field.
IDE Basics This article presents the basics of the IDE interface. It provides an overview of hard drives and their technologies, a listing of the ATA interfaces and tips for troubleshooting.
Hard Drive Prep This article briefly describes how to prepare a new hard drive for use in a pc.  This procedure would be useful to follow after a hard drive failure in order to prepare the hard drive for use.
Windowa 2000 TIps
10BASET HOWTO This is a quick set of directions for making a 10BaseT cable.
Novell Tips
NetWare 6 Tips
PIX Basics
Simple Pix Configuration Change

Resume

wte-resume.doc My resume in Microsoft Word format.
wte-resume.html My resume in html format.
wte-resume.txt My resume in text format.



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